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Chapter 418 Please Call Me A Killer (Third Watch)

After playing Game 4, the entire Lakers team flew to San Antonio overnight, rested for a day, and challenged the Spurs away.

The Spurs team played with the mentality of winning or going home, coupled with the bonus of home court advantage, the team made 18 of 13 shots in the first quarter, and did not drop their shooting percentage to 72.2% until the end of the first quarter. Clipping Curry, Curry only made 6 of 1 shots and did not give more pressure, but forced the Lakers to make 21 of 11 shots in the first quarter, which seemed a bit stretched.

When the game entered the second quarter, Su Yang instructed the whole team to strengthen their defense. The Lakers defended desperately, and finally let the Spurs only score 17 points. In addition, Kobe Bryant performed well on 8 of 5 shots. At the end of the half game, the Lakers finally caught up to only 3 points short, keep hope.

Who would have thought that the Lakers would be troubled by fouls in the third quarter after the halftime break. Among them, Gasol fouled three times, which caused the Lakers to lose their effect in protecting the frame and supporting high positions. 3 turnovers.

After three quarters, the Lakers trailed by 11 points.

In the fourth quarter, the referee looked for a balance call, but the Spurs entered the state, and Kobe scored consecutively and failed to narrow the gap.

After the whole game, the Lakers lost 98 to 110, Kobe scored 36 points, and the Western Conference Finals series became 3 to 2.

库里全场14投4中，三分7投1中，0罚球0篮板，9分8助攻4失误，数据挺差。

After the game, discussions broke out on Twitter and other social platforms.

"Su Yang's praise of Curry before, what Curry is an MVP and a legendary star, what changed the way of basketball games, now sounds ridiculous. Under the circumstances, occasionally scored a few times with high efficiency, such as the defensive level of the Spurs in the playoffs, Curry even had difficulty dribbling, so don't brag!"

"I now seriously suspect that Su Yang's urging to use Bynum to trade Curry was a well-designed conspiracy. He had planned to buy the Kings a long time ago, and if the Lakers kept Bynum as the core Big Three lineup, it would make Su Yang It is difficult for Yang to lead the Kings to the Western Conference finals, or even the finals, which will seriously disrupt his plan to compete for the first coach in NBA history, so he made arrangements in advance, dismantled the Lakers' Big Three, and made the Lakers face the problem of whether to renew Curry's contract , he is comparable to the devil Satan!"

"Don't forget that Biedrins, a center who occupies a space of 900 million US dollars, averaged only 2 minutes per game in the playoffs this year, which will continue to restrict the salary space of the Lakers next season and make it difficult for the Lakers to operate and strengthen. Su Yang Too cruel!

After the next season, Kobe and Gasol will increase their age by another year, the competition will inevitably decline, and their strength will definitely decrease. "

While holding a press conference, Su Yang looked at Twitter again, and found that he was the mastermind behind the scenes, and he was a little confused.

"The fans are very imaginative. It's a pity not to be a screenwriter. I didn't realize that I'm so awesome..." Between talking and laughing, Su Yang boarded the team bus, sat next to Curry, and chatted silently on MT. Encourage Curry not to feel frustrated.

The whole team flew back to Los Angeles and had a day off as usual, but in the early morning of NO.30, everyone arrived at the training base on time.

Su Yang didn't rest either. Originally, he planned to contact Phil Handy to form a high-level training team in advance, and discuss the purchase of training equipment, especially those types of software analysis, which often cost tens of thousands of dollars in licensing fees.

After becoming his own boss, he kind of understands why the boss of the Thunder is so picky. The main reason is that a team needs to spend too much money. Although the licensing fee for a set of training software is only tens of thousands of dollars, there are several other sets that cannot be supported. To authorize.

Seeing that all the team members were in place, the contact with Handy was suspended, and instead they pulled the whole team to watch the replay of the video together.

After watching the collection of mistakes in ten minutes, defensive mistakes and omissions, inefficient offensive choices, and slow retreats, Kobe first said: "Our offensive and defensive strategies have no problems. 90% of the reason why we lost to the Spurs was because the referees blew it. The punishment is biased..."

Kobe never liked to complain about the referees, so speaking of it, the other Lakers players felt much better and felt a little more confident.

Su Yang went on to say: "Especially for Curry's whistleblowing, many pulling and pushing off the ball without whistleblowing, resulting in Curry making 0 free throws in the game. Our coaching staff and management will all be responsible for the next game. Put pressure on the referee, don't worry everyone..."

Losing a game, especially losing 10+ points, is generally considered to be a problem with some offensive and defensive strategies.

It takes great courage and wisdom to be confident that there is no problem with the offensive and defensive strategies, which means that there is no need to change. Su Yang and Kobe can draw conclusions and dare to draw conclusions, just like Jack Ma who has been unsuccessful in starting a business for many years. When he founded Ali, he was still confident to be the world business.

The two took the lead, and Artest and others expressed their thoughts one after another. The whole team discussed very enthusiastically, and the atmosphere of wanting to win was full.

In the blink of an eye at [-]:[-] pm, Su Yang led the team to the Malibu beach for dinner, and watched the fifth game between the Heat and the Pacers by the way.

After more than two hours, the game ended quickly. Artest pouted and said, "The Heat have not made much progress except for a small improvement in long-range shooting. The win mainly depends on double-teaming and making mistakes, but we have easily solved it last year. It's really boring. .”

Chasing Dream Green and several rookies laughed when they heard this.

Su Yang and Kobe Bryant look calm. Compared with the Lakers' lineup last season, the main lineup lacks McGrady, Diaw, Jeremy Lin, Sessions, and Mike Roberts, who can pass and organize. The gap between the main lineup and the backup this season a bit big,

It can be seen against the Spurs that the scores in three of the five games were very close. It can be said that it is a bit of luck to win, especially the two Spurs experts. season.

If it is against the Heat in the Finals, it is still possible to play, but facing the Heat's large number of regional pincers, there may be a situation where the Pacers made 18 turnovers.

The next day, May 31, Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Spurs continued at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Popovich insisted on using Split to start the game, and Su Yang did not change his offensive and defensive strategies. The two teams scored a tie in the first quarter.

In the defensive battle in the second quarter, the two teams fought crazily, and their shooting percentages did not exceed 25%. The Spurs struggled to win an extra point.

After returning to the locker room to rest at halftime, Su Yang told the Lakers generals: "This is called a narrow road in China, and only the braver can win, so don't worry about too many fouls in the second half, defend as you want, and don't let the Spurs relax. ..."

The Lakers led the team back to the game, and the third quarter started. Curry made the first attack and made a shot, and Gasol made a tip-up.

The Spurs also have an all-out mentality. The two teams come and go. Parker teamed up with Leonard to face Bryant and Gasol. The other players of the two teams all shot more. The entire third quarter miraculously played again. It was a tie, and the anxious atmosphere was full.

The Lakers trailed by 1 point and entered the fourth quarter, and fought hard until the last seven seconds. Kobe hit a three-pointer and overtook the Spurs by two points.

But the Spurs came back from a timeout, and the running tactics caused the Lakers to make defensive mistakes. Duncan made an air cut layup and scored two points, a strong tie.

With 2.5 seconds left in the game, Su Yang asked for a timeout for the last time, picked up the tactics board, and directly talked about the tactics he had drawn in advance.

"The tactic is very simple. It mainly uses Kobe's pass, Gasol's support, and Curry's off-the-ball backrunning. The first choice is Curry, the second choice is to provide Kobe with an echelon screen, and the third choice is to see the situation yourself. Come on, don't stress, hit whatever you want..."

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the Lakers will enter the court to stand. Kobe stands outside the left wing and prepares to serve. Artest and Green stand parallel to the left waist and elbow area. Gasol stands at the top of the arc, slightly Standing against Duncan sideways, Curry stood on the right waist.

The Spurs stood man-to-man defensively, everyone at the Staples Center stood up and watched, and the referee walked over to Kobe with the ball.

Give the ball, blow the whistle, and time it!

Curry suddenly accelerated the start, while Green and Artest leaned towards each other simultaneously, and at the same time jointly formed an elevator door.

Seeing this, Popovich raised his eyebrows suddenly, and then shouted at the referee: "Illegal screen, illegal screen, illegal screen..."

The referee ignored it. Leonard and Diaw rushed around to help delay Curry. They were worried that Curry would go through the elevator door and catch the ball on the left sideline to shoot a three-pointer. Cory Joseph even tacitly switched defenses to block Artest. Prevent the Lakers from hanging directly to the basket.

I thought, the basketball bounced to the top of the arc.

Gasol stood sideways against Duncan, bent his knees to catch the ball, and went straight to the paint without looking at anyone. Curry stopped and ran back at the same time.

Instead of passing through the elevator door, he passed and cut to attack the basket.

Corey Joseph turned around in a hurry to intercept, but Atena was able to let him go, and directly blocked him sideways, firmly blocking.

Cheers erupted in the arena. Curry caught the ball and kicked off the ground. He aimed at the basket and made a strong dunk, and the basketball exploded into the net.

The Lakers overtook the Spurs 96 to 94. With 0.8 seconds left in the game, the Spurs did not pause, and Green received the ball in the backcourt and rushed.

Accompanied by the super far and three non-stick, the whistle sounded at the end of the game. The Lakers narrowly beat the Spurs by 2 points and advanced to the finals 4-2.

The ESPN live broadcast immediately reminded: Since Su Yang became the coach and started as the assistant coach of the Trail Blazers, three teams, six years, and four playoffs, each time they can help the team beat the Spurs. Can be called a Spurs killer.

The celebration ribbons fell all over the sky, cheers rang through the Staples Center, and Su Yang gave high-fives to the players one by one.

　Pass by, vote and don't miss it!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)